Ursus americanus floridanus
Florida Black Bear
Ursus americanus floridanus: Taxonomy | Info | Photographs
- Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (chordates)
- Class: Mammalia (mammals)
- Order: Carnivora (carnivores)
- Family: Ursidae (bears)
- Genus: Ursus
- Species: Ursus americanus floridanus
- Common Names: Florida Black Bear
Ursus americanus floridanus is one of 16 subspecies of the American Black Bear in North America:
- Ursus americanus altifrontalis (the Pacific Northwest Coast from central British Columbia through northern California and inland to the tip of northern Idaho and British Columbia)
- Ursus americanus amblyceps (Colorado, New Mexico, west, Texas and the eastern half of Arizona into northern Mexico; southeastern Utah)
- Ursus americanus americanus (from eastern Montana to the Atlantic; from Alaska south and east through Canada to the Atlantic and south to Texas)
- Ursus americanus californiensis (the Central Valley of California, north through southern Oregon)
- Ursus americanus carlottae (Queen Charlotte Islands, Alaska)
- Ursus americanus cinnamomum (Idaho, western Montana, and Wyoming, eastern Washington and Oregon, northeastern Utah)
- Ursus americanus emmonsii (southeastern Alaska)
- Ursus americanus eremicus (northeastern Mexico)
- Ursus americanus floridanus (Florida, southern Georgia and Alabama)
- Ursus americanus hamiltoni (the island of Newfoundland)
- Ursus americanus kermodei (the central coast of British Columbia)
- Ursus americanus luteolus (eastern Texas, Lousiana, southern Mississippi)
- Ursus americanus machetes (north-central Mexico)
- Ursus americanus perniger (Kenai Peninsula, Alaska)
- Ursus americanus pugnax (Alexander Archipelago, Alaska)
- Ursus americanus vancouveri (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
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Ursus americanus floridanus
Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
Tallahassee, FL
February, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman and/or Emily Earp
Ursus americanus floridanus - propped up against a tree, observing Emily as she took this picture.
Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
Tallahassee, FL
February, 2001
Photo contributed by Emily Earp
Ursus americanus floridanus - This is the same bear as in the above photo, stretching out between the two trees almost as if posing for Emily's photo.
Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
Tallahassee, FL
February, 2001
Photo contributed by Emily Earp
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Ursus americanus floridanus
Ursus americanus floridanus - propped up against a tree, observing Emily as she took this picture.
Ursus americanus floridanus - This is the same bear as in the above photo, stretching out between the two trees almost as if posing for Emily's photo.